AIDS and the Law

AIDS and the Law provides comprehensive coverage of the complex legal issues, as well as the underlying medical and scientific issues, surrounding the HIV epidemic. Covering a broad range of legal fields from employment to health care to housing and privacy rights, this essential resource provides thorough up-to-date coverage of a rapidly changing area of law.

The Fifth Edition of AIDS and the Law has been updated to include:

Updates regarding medical advancements in treating and preventing HIV, including pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)

Analysis of the FDA’s revised recommendations for blood donations from men who have sex with men

Synthesized and streamlined analysis of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the ADA Amendments Act of 2008

Comprehensive discussion of housing protections for people living with HIV

Updates regarding the National HIV/AIDS Strategy, including the revised Strategy released in 2015

Important developments regarding the U.S. government’s treatment of HIV-positive immigrants

Discussion of the Affordable Care Act’s anti-discrimination provisions for people living with HIV

Overview of new international and foreign protections for people living with HIV

Information on navigating the many public benefit regimes potentially available to people living with HIV

Detailed discussion regarding protections for prisoners living with HIV, including new case law forbidding segregation